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title: "Living Intentionally: Are You Acting or Reacting?"
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image: dubai-alley
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permalink: /weekly-review-12/
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description: "Life is a chess... constantly prompting us: Your move. (Weekly Review #12)"
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image-attrib: >-
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Ayo Ayco. Some random alley in Dubai. I wonder when we can travel again? :)
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category: personal
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Taking risks has always been a part of life, and, with them, the possibility of failures. But to me, I think, this is how we live intentionally.<!--more-->
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When I was younger, of course, failures devastated me. But I've always thought that intentionally taking a significant step toward a future I want is preferrable to just taking what life throws at me.
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I think the power of humans, aside from making plans, is their capability to pivot when a plan didn't work.
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One clarification though: I don't say this to present myself as someone who has full control.
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On the contrary, I don't.
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I feel like life is a turn-based strategy game, constantly emitting events and prompting us: "Your move."
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We'll never know what life's next move is going to be.
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But we always have a set of options to consider to plan a future.
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It's iterations of asking: "Given this scenario, what can I do to bring me closer to my vision?"
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This kind of perspective keep me on the edge of my seat, always thinking if my day actually contributes to my future.
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With this in mind, some further questions for us to answer...
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What sort of future do you want to have? Are you intentionally choosing activities that get you closer to it?
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